Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-02-22
AUNT MITrABLE's THINGS.

up from the woo1s thefe came an inue
,crib.ble odor Of spring. A red fla
rolled up and tied around i,s stick by
hemp string. lay just inside the door
yard, when Mrs. 0rgson came IN Wit
the las, pail Of water that she shoul
ever draw from the old well. She Sigh
ell as she filled the 'qus, copper keiil
aud hung IL over the tire.
"The auction sale Is TO be Tomorrow.
said she. "snd I never VAS 90 glad o
anything IN ell my born days seeh
time as I've had elesnin' up and scrub
bin down and ,eourin' and poli'hin'
There amt bone in my body bu
aehe."
"If. oil time and trouble throws
away" .epalehrally observed Mis-
Keiehum. Who had dropped In on be
way from the store; ",he old trap
Won't sell fOr siIpenee sp'see-yoa 'e'
f,hey do
"Bu, the things ain, no use to me.
..id. Mrs Gng.On. ".nd need l'',!'
monsy % awful bad A. fof the Poo'
luck I've had. right su.ish, through
there ain, no e.leuls,in' IL, III | ~A' i'
tell you. Martha Ks,eham. you ~oaldn
believe H. Even down to my last gold
dollar 90
"Eh ," said Ms. ks,ehum. Bsin.
Of melancholy turn, she liked to beat
sad reit.l.. although personally bet
,ymp.,kis. we're enli.,ed on the Wido"
Grigson'. side.
"why. IL W.. las, week. aid Nj"
Ghs.ou, in the level. complaining tone
that Away, reminded you OF the LITTLE
brook down 10 the hollo~, "bro'hsr Ly'
man lei, hi. little Brazil moaksy here
over night. lie was s.ealealAua TO
sell il TO Mrs. G,rtnsys lille boy Johr
Henry. And ,fyoa'lI believe me, the
mi..ble eu,,sr .-.llsred the gold doIl.'
I'd left on my bureau to pay the meat
peddlsr With. aud dropped my 'l's'
,p,e. do-n the veil.
la ,.h Miss ksieLum.
IL seen him ehampin IL eeiseen h''
laws" ..d Mrs Ghsson. "snd 'h.s'
and sgaesis him {. | would. eoaldn
ssi /, out of him =
WELL never did remarked the guest
81, did seem a. sf !, was the Jas
.,,.u that broke the cAmsrs back.
sighed Mr. unsson. "Broiher Lyman
be w.. dreadful eons.rnsd abou, u. bu
b. eouldn, do no,hin for me. lie OF
f,r,d TO Kill the monkey. bu, ! kno~sI
how dI..ppOin,sd John Henry G.r'n'l
would be, and, ar,er all. the eri,,sr hIt
only acted .ecordin' to is ns,ur. an'
they ". to pay brother Lyman doll.
and . half for him. A. fot the specs
brother Lyman f,hsd EN- up With
long pole 9TH crooked pin hiiehsd OF
TO The end ont. The glasses was e'ok'
bu, the frame, il good yet I'm ealsi
latin TO sr, en- meadsd when
"wond.r how much the fsaihsr'bed
II go for" said Miss Ke,ehum, break
ing in on the mono,onou. refrain.
There ain, no ,ellin." said Mrs
0ns.on. "They'r. dreadful old. Aln'
Mi,,able she'd k,p' hou'. for forty year
and never had nO,hin' new. l don
.'po.e an auction sale will pay. bat -hAl
else could do With ell the old dad'
Squire Dsgse,, wants possession OF 'h'
place At once. and
"Ain't swine 10 sell these ere house
plants, be ys q said Miss ks,ehum. nod
ding toward a green painted stand IN IN
corner.
"Bro,htr Lyman though, they nigh
fetch . few cents" said Mrs. Gris'on
"And the stand ough, to be worth
quarter Of dollar I, bad . new CO.,
Of pain, . year ago. ! give one Jru.a
lem eheny.u,s to Abigail Barton 10
hslpia m. TO clean out the old cup
board. She. been dreadful nsishbotly
aud she wouldn', take penny for ~hs
she did"
"More fool .he." eur,ly observed Mi.
Ketehum "rd like that thar mon'hl.
rose with the striped blooms on It"
"l,, pretty" said Mrs Gris'On' u
noriny the broad hint "And guess !
II eel cheap. I'd like some friend 4
hev il, for the slip !, grOwed from va
civ, me by Ors.on the very first yea
we were married"
And a. she was no, invited to stay Il
tea, Mis-. Ke,ehum q, las, wen, away
leaving Mrs. Ghgson sitting 'oro"iall!
before the Ere Of discarded barrel slaves
ruinou, packing boxes. ancient chair leg
and wooden stools which bad Abso!u,el!
refused TO be made capable Of fur,he
service. "Aun, Mi,,Able"-vhieh nam
was. peryer.ion OF the good old New
Rnsland prsenomen Mehi,Able-hsd oee'
All the mother she had known. and !
seemed lonesome enough TO be siiiini
there in the empty house With Aunt Nil
table tucked away in = corner OF the iro
rem church yard. Her husband vi. des'
and her three little ehildren were s,rug
Cling up in the world As bee; they could
She had had . position {. jsni'ress In
public school. bu, she had lost !, whsr
she came to Mullen Farm to nurse Aun
Miusble in her Las, illness and nov sh'
scarcely knew which way TO turn
Brother Lyman. her only living relative
was poorer than herself-a good.hearied
empty. pocke,ed man. who occupied 'om'
position on sailing vessel which plis'
between Boston aud the Azores Islands
There was . mortgage on the plae'
which had swallowed up all aspiration
in the direction Of selling IL. and Mrs
Grig,on family hoped ,ha, the auction
sale might help to pay the expenses o
her old sun,'s burial. O,her~i'e 'h'
did not, to use her own expression, zee
her way clear"
Mrs. Grgson WAS no, = sentimental
is. A jani,ress In apublic school build
ing. with for,fnger roushened by tn
cosr.e., needls.work. and mind narrower
down by the daily sresd.mill OF the mos
grovelling cares. has no, much time 70
ths, sort Of indulgence but AZ she sa
there, drinking an infusion OF the weak
60, tea, and watching the yellow Msrel
moonlish. lay the perfect pattern OF tn
,nru,,.i,eJ vindov on the caYpetles
aoo,. vhile the barrel slaves smouldefs